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2. SUNSHOT IS SOLAR’S MOONSHOT MOMENT

3. Soft costs make up 64 % of total price of residential system

4. Calls to Innovate Solar Soft Cost Open DataPrizes

5. 5 Catalyst transforms raw ideas into real solar startups Michael Contreras Fellow ex-rocket scientist Ammar Qusaibaty Tech Advisor ex-venture capitalist Craig Connelly Special Advisor ex-CFO + ex-COO

6. SUPER COMMUNITY IS A FORCE MULTIPLIER

7. Catalyst is lean, agile, and open IDEATION Crowdsource problems Voting and comments Roadshow PITCH Problem/Solution fit Video Pitch Online Resume PROTOTYPE NREL Data Appirio/Topcoder 17 Teams 1 Demo Day INCUBATE 5 Teams Product/Market Fit Staged $$$

8. Q2 ‘15 Q2 ‘14 Q3 ‘14 Q4 ‘14 Q1 ‘15 A process that delivers real results... May 2014: Program launches Adam Cohen June 2014 : Adam Cohen submits problem statement titled, “Sharing Nicely: From Social Networks to Social Solar,” to the SunShot Catalyst Ideation Contest. Ideation prize winners receive $1k. IDEATION BUSINESS INNOVATION PROTOTYPE INCUBATE George Koutitas October 2014: George Koutitas submits video pitch and writes, “With Gridmates, rooftop solar owners can now share their surplus of electricity with those in need.” Gridmates is selected cohort of 17 December 2014: Gridmates is selected along with a cohort of 17 to move on to prototyping with $25k to work on Topcoder platform January-April 2015: Gridmates works with Topcoder to develop an Minimum Viable Product (MVP) George is 1 of 5 $30k winners May 2015: George is 1 of 5 $30k winners at Demo Day with option to win $70k pending 6 month performance

10. Small team, BIG impact! 17x the projects 10x cost reduction* 50% faster* *Comparisons made using standard US three-phase SBIR/STTR awards. See https://www.sbir.gov/about/about-sbir $30B DOE Budget $2M Catalyst Budget

11. Small team, BIG impact! 17x the projects 10x cost reduction* 50% faster* *Comparisons made using standard US three-phase SBIR/STTR awards. See https://www.sbir.gov/about/about-sbir $30B DOE Budget $2M Catalyst Budget

12. Small team, BIG impact! 17x the projects 10x cost reduction* 50% faster* *Comparisons made using standard US three-phase SBIR/STTR awards. See https://www.sbir.gov/about/about-sbir $30B DOE Budget $2M Catalyst Budget

13. 13 SPECIAL THANKS: Traction for next cycle FEATURED IN:

14. 14 Tomorrow's Solar Startups Launched by People Like You | catalyst.energy.gov